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SPEAKER Feliciano Belmonte Jr. on Mona! "ai t#e leaer"#ip o$ t#e
%o&"e o$ Repre"entati'e"an t#e Senate a(ree to rop t#e
anti)!na"t! *ill $or *ein( a +mere "#opiece- an a +toot#le""-
mea"&re t#at "tren(t#en" in"tea o$ i"mantle" political
!na"tie".
Belmonte "ai i"mantlin( !na"tie" i" to allo onl! one mem*er o$
t#e $amil! to enter politic".
n t#e *ill "&ppo"el! &p $or "econ reain( in t#e
%o&"e, lama/er" alloe to mem*er" o$ a
$amil! to "er'e at t#e "ame time an are p&"#in( $or a t#ir
mem*er to r&n "im<aneo&"l! $or
national an local po"t" in t#e "ame poll".
+t i" a toot#le"" *ill. So e a(ree to rop it an not pa"" it in
t#e la"t "e""ion o$ on(re"". et t#e
net amini"tration ta/e t#at &p,- Belmonte anno&nce o'er
raio 3BB.
Pre"ient Beni(no A4&ino #a earlier calle on on(re"" to pa""
an anti)!na"t! *ill, a
prono&ncement t#at a" mo"t appla&e *! lama/er", #o ere,
ironicall! t#e one" 'i(oro&"l!
oppo"in( t#e *ill.
+$ o!no! ant" !na"tie" o&t, #e "#o&l "tart *! a"/in( all
#i" relati'e" in (o'ernment to re"i(n,-
"ai 6encer ri"o"tomo, Ana/*a!an c#airman.
Ba!an M&na Rep. eri olmenare" "ai #e a" ar! o$ t#e
Pre"ient7" prono&ncement *eca&"e #e
al"o "ai in 2010 t#at it a" time $or a Freeom o$ n$ormation
la.
+B&t &p till no e'en t#e (ra'el! atere on F #a" not
pa""e on(re"",- #e "ai.
A" t#e primar! a&t#or o$ t#e Anti)Political 9!na"t! Bill no
in it" con"oliate $orm %o&"e Bill 58;,
olmenare" "ai #e #a #ope t#e Pre"ient7" "tatement in #i" SA a"
$or real #a #e certi$ie
t#e *ill a" &r(ent.
api3 Rep. Freenil a"tro, c#airman o$ t#e %o&"e committee on
"&$$ra(e an electoral re$orm",
acc&"e #i" clani"# collea(&e" o$ *ein( +(ree! $or poer-
a$ter #e "ai t#e! *loc/e t#e pa""a(e o$
t#e anti)political !na"t! *ill &rin( t#e la"t "e""ion a! o$
on(re"" on J&ne 10.
a"tro, a mem*er o$ t#e amini"tration all! ational
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+t ill =&"t *e a "#o piece. on7t ant it li/e t#at,- t#e
Spea/er "ai.
+nce !o& pa"" a "#o piece, t#e contin&in( re*&/e i"
on &" $or not #a'in( one #at t#e
on"tit&tion reall! ant" *&t t#at ill *e meanin(le""
*eca&"e it ill *e toot#le"",- Belmonte
amitte.
+et7" $ace it. >#e on"tit&tion tal/" a*o&t
anti)political !na"t! it#o&t e$inin( it. B&t $or it to
pa"",
!o& #a'e to e$ine it *&t #at t#e! #a'e come &p it#
i" not a eterrent,- Belmonte lamente.
>#e mea"&re onl! reac#e t#e plenar! la"t Ma! a$ter 2;
!ear" o$ aitin( *eca&"e man! lama/er"
#a'e e"ta*li"#e t#eir on political !na"tie".
>#e mea"&re e$ine" political !na"t! a" +t#e
concentration, con"oliation or perpet&ation o$ p&*lic
o$$ice an political poer *! per"on" relate to one anot#er.-
+A political !na"t! ei"t" #en to or more ini'i&al" #o are
relate it#in t#e "econ e(ree o$
con"an(&init! or a$$init! #ol or r&n $or national or
local o$$ice in "&cce""i'e, "im<aneo&" or
o'erlappin( term",- t#e propo"e la "ai.
t pro'ie" t#at no "po&"e, or per"on, ele'ate it#in t#e "econ
ci'il e(ree o$ con"an(&init! or
a$$init!, #et#er le(itimate or ille(itimate, $&ll or #al$
*loo, to an inc&m*ent electi'e o$$icial "ee/in(
re)election "#all *e alloe to #ol to r&n $or an! local or
national electi'e o$$ice in t#e "ame
election.
>#e +le"" "trin(ent- 'er"ion o$ t#e mea"&re o&l limit
t#e n&m*er o$ $amil! mem*er" #o co&l *e
electe to p&*lic o$$ice, *&t a"tro "ai it i not e$eat
t#e p&rpo"e o$ t#e Anti)Political 9!na"t! *ill.
>#e relae 'er"ion re4&ire t#at onl! to mem*er" &p to
t#e "econ e(ree o$ con"an(&init! or
a$$init! per $amil! o&l *e alloe to r&n at t#e "ame
time.
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